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C. 84

To:	Board of Supervisors
From:	Anna Roth, Health Services Director
Date:	April 12, 2022

Contra

Costa

County

Subject:

Contract #26-361-2 with John Muir Health (dba John Muir Medical Center-Walnut Creek)

APPROVE	OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR	RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE

Action of Board On: 04/12/2022

APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED

OTHER

Clerks Notes:

VOTE OF SUPERVISORS

AYE:

John Gioia, District I Supervisor
Candace Andersen, District II Supervisor
Diane Burgis, District III Supervisor
Karen Mitchoff, District IV Supervisor
Federal D. Glover, District V Supervisor

Contact:	Jaspreet Benepal, 925-370-5100
cc:	K Cyr M Wilhelm

I hereby certify that this is a true and correct copy of an action taken and entered on the minutes of the Board of Supervisors on the date shown.
ATTESTED: April 12, 2022
Monica Nino, County Administrator

BY:	, Deputy

RECOMMENDATION(S):

APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Health Services Director, or designee, to execute Contract #26-361-2, containing mutual indemnification, with John Muir Health (dba John Muir Medical Center-Walnut Creek), a corporation, in an amount not to exceed $50,000, to provide back-up laboratory testing services for Contra Costa Regional Medical Center (CCRMC) and Contra Costa Health Centers for the period January 1, 2022 through December 31, 2024.

FISCAL IMPACT:

Approval of this contract will result in expenditures of up to $50,000 over a three-year period and will be funded as budgeted by the Department in FY 2021-2022, 2022-2023 and 2023-2024 by 100% Hospital Enterprise Fund I allocations. (No rate increase)

BACKGROUND:

CCRMC has an obligation to provide outside laboratory testing services to its patients in the event testing services are unavailable due to planned down time or unscheduled down time affecting patient care, the County contracts with other outside laboratory service contractors should the need arise, in order to avoid any delay in patient care. The County has been using the agency’s outside testing services on an as-needed basis since January 1, 2016.

On February 12, 2019, the Board of Supervisors approved Contract #26-361-1 in the amount of $50,000 for the provision of outside laboratory testing services, for scheduled and non-scheduled down time at CCRMC and Contra Costa Health Centers, for the period January 1, 2019 through December 31, 2021.

Approval of Contract #26-361-2 will allow contractor to continue providing laboratory testing services, for scheduled and non-scheduled down time at CCRMC through December 31, 2024. This contract contains mutual indemnification. Processing of this contract was delayed due to staff absences and multiple revisions to the contract language.

CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:

If this contract is not approved, patients requiring outside laboratory testing services at CCRMC and Contra Costa Health Centers will not have access to this contractor’s services.